@misc{Słowiński_Michał._Autor_A_2022, author={Słowiński, Michał. Autor and Szewczyk, Krzysztof. Autor and Jonczak, Jerzy. Autor and Związek, Tomasz. Autor and Łuców, Dominika. Autor and Halaś, Agnieszka. Autor and Obremska, Milena. Autor and Słowińska, Sandra. Autor and Róg, Dominik. Autor and Mroczkowska, Agnieszka. Autor and Noryśkiewicz, Agnieszka Maria. Autor and Chojnacka, Aleksandra. Autor and Ważny, Tomasz. Autor and Gmińska-Nowak, Barbara. Autor and Kramkowski, Mateusz. Autor and Barbarino, Vincenzo. Autor and Tyszkowski, Sebastian. Autor and Kruczkowska, Bogusława. Autor and Kowalska, Anna. Autor and Kołaczkowska, Ewa. Autor and Swoboda, Paweł. Autor and Kardasz, Cezary. Autor and Niedzielski, Michał. Autor and Konopski, Michał. Autor and Brykała, Dariusz. Autor}, volume={95}, number={3}, copyright={Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license}, address={Warszawa}, journal={Geographia Polonica}, howpublished={online}, year={2022}, publisher={IGiPZ PAN}, language={eng}, abstract={Agriculture has been the major driver of deforestation in Europe in the last 1000 years. In the past, forests were also exploited for charcoal production; however, the spatial scale/extent of this activity and its impact are unknown. LIDAR data can be used as a noninvasive tool to investigate the small-scale diversity of the land relief, including forested areas. These data can reveal the extent anthropogenic modifications of topography present-day as well as in the past. One of the activities that can be analyzed based on LIDAR data is spatial distribution of charcoal production. A preliminary LIDAR data analysis indicated the intensity of this practice and its potential impact on the natural environment. This prompted us to analyze the environmental impact of charcoal hearths in northern Poland. As it turned out, this topic exceeded the scope of earth sciences and became a transdisciplinary one. In this work, we will use the research methods typical of biogeography, dendroecology, paleoecology, soil science, biology, botany, history, onomastics, as well as art history, in order to thoroughly understand not only the natural consequences but also the social and economic consequences of charcoal production. This paper presents the assumptions of our project, the research methodology, and the preliminary results. We have identified using LIDAR data more than 73 thousand relief forms which can be remnants of charcoal hearths. Our preliminary results confirmed large scale impact of past human activity related to charcoal production and suitability of the methods used for detecting and reconstructing charcoal hearths as well as determining the distribution and magnitude of past forest use for charcoal production in NW Poland.}, type={Text}, title={A novel multiproxy approach to detect the impact of charcoal production on the natural environment in NW Poland – project concept and preliminary results}, URL={http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/Content/236082/WA51_272736_r2022-t95-no3_G-Polonica-Slowinski.pdf}, keywords={anthropopression, relict charcoal hearths, legacy effects, deforestration, LiDAR, multiproxy, Central Europe}, }